In 2010, nearly of a quarter of all black men married outside of their race, according to the With these facts in mind, it’s no wonder there’s been a rise in underground communities focused on bringing Asian men and Black women together.

Writer Zach Schwartz was offered the opportunity to explore one of NYC’s biggest AMBW communities after he was introduced to it during a date.“An Asian man can go into there and all these women are talking about how beautiful he is.

In terms of casting, it's harder for Black women to get those jobs and it's hard for Asian men to get those jobs because it's a question of, "Are they considered attractive? " A lot of the times they're only presented in ways in which they're "otherized."Chaunsumlit also believes these trends in the fashion industry (and possibly in overall media) affects society as a whole.

He contends, "Yeah, and I think [ideas about desirability and otherness are] influenced by our culture and media, and our history."As a Black woman, these kinds of conversations on desirability and otherness are a bit taxing and a quite hurtful. What's also very real is new trends in Black women dating Asian men--not because each feels undesirable to the world, but because each are desirable to one another.

He is the star of Model Files, a casting director, comedian, and self-professed "dick with opinions." He and I chatted about this subject over lunch.

In her exposé, Charlton interviews casting director and star of the web series Model Files Preston Chaunsumlit (whose mother is Filipino and whose father is Chinese Thai) on the subject.

He continues, "Recent statistics have shown that East Asian men are viewed as the least desirable male partners in American society." (In this article, I'll use "Asian" as shorthand for East Asian men, who are Taiwanese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and so on.) The writer also adds, "The unattractiveness of Asian-American men can be linked to their perceived lack of masculinity.

Masculinity in American culture is an idea often predicated on aggressiveness and promiscuity."Replace Asian men with Black women, and exchange perceptions of masculinity with perceptions of femininity, and Blasian couples may have more in common than anyone would have ever guessed.

What's really missing from these kinds articles are the voices of non-Black men...

We're never even given real reasons as to why some men aren't responding to Black women.